Airports / Illinois / CIR
Cairo Regional Airport
KCIR / CIRCairo, IllinoisELEV 321 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Cairo Regional Airport, listed as KCIR / CIR, is a general aviation field in Cairo, Illinois. The field lies at an elevation of 321 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
CIR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI, 19 nm), Barkley Regional Airport (PAH, 21 nm), and Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois (MWA, 42 nm).
Quotes for flights out of CIR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from CIR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KCIR
IATA
CIR
FAA / Local
CIR
Elevation
321 ft
Coordinates
37.0645° N · 89.2196° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs IL fields
state range 321–871 ft
At 321 ft, CIR sits lower than 98% of the 42 Illinois fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 19nmCGICape Girardeau Regional AirportCape Girardeau
- 21nmPAHBarkley Regional AirportPaducah
- 42nmMWAVeterans Airport of Southern IllinoisMarion
- 43nmMDHSouthern Illinois AirportMurphysboro
- 75nmBYHArkansas International AirportBlytheville
- 86nmHOPCampbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell)Fort Campbell
Location
Open the full mapKCIR · Cairo Regional Airport · Cairo, IL
From the ramp
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